Our Yarndale Sheep

Every year, we create a new sheep to be the mascot for Yarndale and over the past 12 years, our sheep have become a part of the Yarndale flock and take pride of place at every show. 

Deciding on the sheep each year is a team affair.  We decide on a style and colour and then follows the lengthy task of creating a woolly life size sheep to bring the ideas to life.  

Our sheep and their colours have inspired a collaboration with West Yorkshire Spinners who produce our very own sock yarn.  We now have four exclusive colourways – Hope (2020), Barbara (2019), Nigel (2018) and Maude (2021). 

Our 2025 Sheep

As we thought about the design for our 2025 sheep, we really wanted to celebrate and showcase the incredible range of colours in our yarns.

We wanted Dolly’s fleece to be irresistibly soft – so you just can’t help giving it a good squish! We hope Dolly will inspire everyone to get creative, play with colourways, and make their own splendidly colourful creations too!

Below, you will see brochure covers from  past Yarndale shows featuring all our sheep. How many brochures have you collected over the years?

Betty

Bert

Twin 1 & Twin 2

Flora

Granny

Nigel

Barbara

Hope

Maude

Tristen

Hank

Brenda

Dolly